tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53170431828159781042024-03-14T13:19:26.155+08:00Prostitution in Malaysia & AsiaSave the world...
Say no to prostitution...fantastic 4http://www.blogger.com/profile/04237407565588139222noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317043182815978104.post-32509193478221689322010-03-27T16:25:00.002+08:002010-03-27T16:25:37.433+08:00conclusion prostitution. (posted by hazim)As a conclusion, prostitution in malaysia still under control by the government. Prostitution can be controlled with the cooperation of all parties, especially the community. If these activities are not controlled and prevented, possible bad things can happen in the community especially young people now prefer to follow and try new things which can destroy themselves and the social activities that are not healthy in everyday life. An easy to generate revenue from prostitution is not recommended at all in the community, particularly countries that have multi ethnis popllation, religion and customs are still held by some people.fantastic 4http://www.blogger.com/profile/04237407565588139222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317043182815978104.post-37668266590177779492010-03-25T01:54:00.002+08:002010-03-25T16:14:49.552+08:00measures to overcome prostitution ( posted by HANIFF)<span class="medium_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="langkah membanteras gejala pelacuran
hendaklah dibuat bagi menjamin keharmonian masyarakat dan melindungi
kaum wanita dari dieksploitasi">Step eradicate prostitution should be made to ensure harmony and protect society from man exploitation of women.</span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="antara langkah-langkah yang boleh diambil
ialah:">between the steps can be taken are:</span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span title="1.">1. </span><span title="menguatkuasakan undang-undang.">enforce the law.</span></span><br />
<span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span title="menguatkuasakan undang-undang."></span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="sebagai contoh, bagi sesiapa yang
menjalankan kegiatan pelacuran hendaklah dipenjarakan dan diberi
kaunseling kepada mereka.">for example, those who run prostitution shall be imprisoned and given counseling to them.</span></span><span class="medium_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="undang-undang juga hendaklah diambil keatas
para pelaggan yang melanggan pelacur."> laws must also be taken over the </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="pelanggan">customers</span></span><span class="medium_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="undang-undang juga hendaklah diambil keatas
para pelaggan yang melanggan pelacur."> who subscribe to prostitutes. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="sebagai contoh, di
Malaysia bagi seorang muslim yang melangani pelacur boleh didakwa kerana
melakukan maksiat.">for example, in Malaysia for a Muslim who </span></span><span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span title="melanggan">subscribe</span></span><span class="medium_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="sebagai contoh, di
Malaysia bagi seorang muslim yang melangani pelacur boleh didakwa kerana
melakukan maksiat."> prostitutes may be prosecuted for committing sin.</span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span title="2.">2. </span><span title="menghentikan operasi kelab-kelab malam dan pusat-pusat hiburan.">stop operating night clubs and entertainment center</span></span> <br />
<span class="medium_text" id="result_box"><span title="ini kerana
berdasarkan kajian, aktiviti pelacuran banyak berlaku di kawasan ini.">because based on this study, many prostitution occurred in the area. </span><span title="ini mungkin disebabkan faktor ada nya GRO yang menyediakan
perkhidmatan seks di sini.">This factor may have caused his GRO providing sexual services here.</span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: white;" title="3.">3. </span><span style="background-color: white;" title="mengharamkan pembelian kondom bagi sesiapa
yang masih belum berkahwin.">prohibits the purchase of condoms for those who are still unmarried.</span></span><span class="medium_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="ini kerana orang yang belum berkahwin
berkemungkinan besar melanggani pelacur kerana mereka tidak mempunyai
isteri untuk melakukan seks"> </span></span><br />
<span class="medium_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="ini kerana orang yang belum berkahwin
berkemungkinan besar melanggani pelacur kerana mereka tidak mempunyai
isteri untuk melakukan seks">because people who are not married are likely to subscribe to prostitutes because they have no wives to have sex.</span></span><br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span title="4.">4. </span><span title="kerajaan membantu bekas pelacur dengan memberikan mereka latihan
dan bimbingan bagi meneruskan kehidupan.">government to help former prostitutes by giving them training and guidance to survive.</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span title="ini kerana bagi
memastikan bekas pelacur ini apabila sudah keluar dari pusat pemulihan
akhlak mereka tidak akan melakukan kerja terkutuk itu lagi.">as a former prostitute to ensure that when this is out of the central character of their recovery will not be condemned to work again. </span><span title="sebaliknya, melakukan kerja yang halal seperti berniaga atau
menggunakan kemahiran yang telah diajar itu untuk mencari rezeki.">otherwise, do work such as business or lawful use skills that were taught to seek it.</span></span><br />
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<span class="medium_text" id="result_box"><span title="5.">5. </span><span title="menerangkan kepada orang awam dan para pekerja seks ini bahawa
dengan melacur mereka akan mendapat penyakit kelamin iaitu sifilis dan
AIDS.">explain to the public and sex workers is that they will get the whore venereal disease of Syphilis and AIDS.</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">6</span>.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Prostitution prevention program</span></span> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Destiny Rescue strongly believes that prevention is better than the cure. It is for this reason that we operate a prostitution prevention program, identifying girls and young women who are at risk of being lured or forced into a life of sexual slavery. These girls receive an education and training, providing them with skills to enter the workforce and earn a living in freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Firstly, we travel to the poor villages and slums to identify “at risk” families, i.e. very poor, uneducated, in debt or those with a history of previously selling their daughters. We offer to house and care for their daughters while we put them through school and give them vocational training so they can get a well paid job, thus giving them choices other than prostitution.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Secondly, we assist these poor families through various development programs aiding them in becoming self-supportive, which removes the need for them to sell their daughters in the future. This is done through small business loans, pig breeding, agricultural training etc. In addition to this we offer other practical assistance like addressing hygiene issues through toilet installations and if possible, the supply of running water.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thirdly, we offer education and awareness training to parents and village leaders, by making the parents aware of the unscrupulous practices of traffickers and the horrendous conditions the child would have to endure. Also, the risk of HIV and other diseases their daughters would be exposed to daily.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The goal of this project is to prevent children from being prostituted by giving job skills training to the child, assistance to the families and educating the parents on the dangers of prostitution and known methods of traffickers..<o:p></o:p></span></div>fantastic 4http://www.blogger.com/profile/04237407565588139222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317043182815978104.post-1229963759918866892010-03-22T21:37:00.008+08:002010-03-22T22:35:24.458+08:00Describe Asian countries about their prostitution policies?(posted by Intan Baizura Jailani)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">This topic including countries policies about prostitution, brothel ownership and pimping.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Source by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World factbook.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"Female prostitution was legal. Male prostitution was illegal, although local NGOs claimed it was common in the major cities. The authorities generally ignored the minimum age of 18, often circumvented by false statements of age, for legal female prostitution. The government rarely prosecuted procurers of minors, and large numbers of underage girls in prostitution worked in brothels. Local NGOs estimated the total number of female prostitutes was as many as 100,000. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimated in 2004 that there were 10,000 underage girls used in commercial sexual exploitation in the country, but other estimates placed the figure as high as 29,000. Trafficking of women internally and internationally remained a problem...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">As many as 10,000 children were used in brothels for commercial sexual exploitation, and procurers of minors were rarely prosecuted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Government corruption greatly facilitated the process of trafficking. Police and local government officials often ignored trafficking in women and children for commercial sexual exploitation and were easily bribed by brothel owners and pimps."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, "2008 Human Rights Report: Bangladesh," www.state.gov, Feb. 25, 2009</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">2. Cambodia</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Population: 14,494,293</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Prostitution:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"The constitution prohibits prostitution; however, there is no specific legislation against working as a prostitute. Trafficking in women for the purpose of prostitution was a serious problem, despite laws against procuring and kidnapping for purposes of sexual exploitation. There were reports that police abused prostitutes. Despite increased crackdowns on brothel operators in Phnom Penh, prostitution and related trafficking persisted. Estimates of the number of working prostitutes ranged from 14,725 to 18,250. Sex tourism was a problem, fueled by pervasive poverty and the perception of impunity."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, "2008 Human Rights Report: Cambodia," www.state.gov, Feb. 25, 2009</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><align="justify"></align="justify">Defined as a social practice that abrogates the inherent rights of women to personhood.(Taiwan, a disputed province of China,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://prostitution.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=000117#taiwanlegal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">legalized prostitution on June 24, 2009</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.0cm;" valign="top" width="265"><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"In the biggest bust of prostitution related crimes in recent years, Beijing police last week arrested 38 prostitutes, 63 Internet technicians, five gang leaders, an unlicensed medical worker, along with 45 of the prostitutes' clients. The gang attracted clients for the prostitutes by randomly sending countless messages to Internet users who were logged on to major chat rooms, forums, or through instant messages. Police say the gang sent more than seven million messages to Internet users in the past month alone. The only job of most of the gang members was to send the soliciting messages from Internet bars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">A reporter with the Beijing Daily says he received 32 on-line solicitations for the services of a prostitute in just a half an hour. Many messages purported to be from available young, female college students. Other messages directed people to blogs that contained nude pictures of women. In all the messages phone numbers were left where clients could make contact with a prostitute. Police say the youngest prostitute they arrested was just 15 years old and one of the gang members, surnamed Zhao, treated the prostitutes for venereal disease and provide [sic] them with condoms. The Beijing Daily reports that organized messaging for prostitution services remains rampant in online chat rooms."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"Beijing Police Crack Biggest Internet Prostitution Gang,"</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Xinhua</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, Jan. 21, 2007</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Prostitution:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"In the heart of Mumbai, India lies Kamathipura, one of the country's poorest districts and also its largest red light district, home to more than 60,000 sex workers...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">On the streets of Kamathipura, it's no challenge for Aronson [Frontline Producer] to find sex workers to talk with. In a small gathering she asks them frankly about the core issues of their trade -- economics and health. The women get the equivalent of US$1.50 for sex, $2 on a good night, less than a dollar on a bad night. To have sex without a condom, men will often pay more or, after a few visits, tell the women they love them. The women in the group laugh a bit about the men's proclamations of love, but there's a tragic fact behind their laughter: more than half of the sex workers here are HIV positive."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Raney Aronson, "India - The Sex Workers," PBS's</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Frontline</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, June 2004</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">5.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5317043182815978104&postID=122996375991886689" name="indonesia"></a> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Indonesia</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Population: 240,271,522</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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Prostitution is not defined in the law.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Legal</span><span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Legal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"Prostitution is not specifically addressed in the law. However, many officials interpreted "crimes against decency/morality" to apply to prostitution. Prostitution was widespread and largely tolerated, despite its contradiction with popular societal and religious norms. During the year security forces reportedly participated in operating brothels or protection rackets by shielding brothels from prosecution. International sex tourism reportedly continued, especially on the islands of Batam and Karimun and in major urban centers across the country...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The number of child prostitutes in the country was unclear, but the problem was widespread. Many teenage girls were forced into or found themselves caught in debt bondage. At times law enforcement officials treated child prostitutes as criminals rather than victims. Corrupt civil servants issued identity cards to underage girls, facilitating entry into the sex trade. There also were reports of sexual exploitation of boys. The country was a destination for child sex tourism. During the year NGOs reported that long active pedophile rings continued to operate in Bali. NGO observers said many girls were forced into prostitution after failed marriages entered into when they were 10 to 14 years of age. There was no obvious violation of the law because their paperwork identified them as adults due to the fact that they were once married."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, "2008 Human Rights Report: El Salvador," www.state.gov, Feb. 25, 2009</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">6.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5317043182815978104&postID=122996375991886689" name="japan"></a></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Japan</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Population: 127,078,679</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Prostitution:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Limited Legality</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Prostitution is defined as only</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://prostitution.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=124#Coitus" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">coitus</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">. Non-coital sex acts are not illegal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.0cm;" valign="top" width="265"><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"Although the 45-year-old Prostitution Prevention Law prohibits hooking, straight sex has been widely practiced at soaplands, which number around 1,270 nationwide...</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">...The law says that it is prohibited to sell or buy sex, but it does not penalize those acts. Instead, it penalizes prostitutes for soliciting or waiting for customers in public places, such as on the street and in parks. It also penalizes anyone who forces somebody to engage in prostitution, exploits a prostitute or gives financial support to a business engaged in prostitution...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">...According to the National Police Agency, there were 908 fashion health massage parlors and 5,425 'outcall-style' fashion health parlors that were publicly registered in 2000 under the Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses, etc. What protects the operation of the fashion health parlors is simple -- they only offer oral sex, anal sex and other sexual services that are not interpreted as sex in the prostitution law...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">...[In] 2000 1,225 people [were] arrested on suspicion of violating the prostitution law. But that it is believed to be just the tip of the iceberg. Research conducted by Bank of Yokohama on the state of the underground economy in Japan in fiscal 1998 estimated that unreported earnings from commercial and 'amateur' prostitution come to around 945 billion yen..."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Hiroshi Matsubara, "Prostitution Testing Bounds of Culture, Business,"</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Japan Times</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, Mar. 16, 2002</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">7.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5317043182815978104&postID=122996375991886689" name="northkorea"></a></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Korea, North</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Population: 22,665,345</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Prostitution:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"According to press reports, prostitution is illegal; there is no available information on the prevalence of prostitution in the country. There continued to be reports of trafficking in women and young girls who had crossed into China...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Some North Korean women and girls who voluntarily crossed into China were picked up by trafficking rings and sold as brides to Chinese nationals or placed in forced labor. In other cases, North Korean women and girls were lured out of North Korea by the promise of food, jobs, and freedom, only to be forced into prostitution, marriage, or exploitive labor arrangements. A network of smugglers facilitated this trafficking. Many victims of trafficking, unable to speak Chinese, were held as virtual prisoners, and some were forced to work as prostitutes. Traffickers sometimes abused or physically scarred the victims to prevent them from escaping. Officials facilitated trafficking by accepting bribes to allow individuals to cross the border into China."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, "2008 Human Rights Report: Democratic People's Republic of Korea," www.state.gov, Feb. 25, 200</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">8.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5317043182815978104&postID=122996375991886689" name="southkorea"></a></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Korea, South</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Population: 48,508,972</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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Illegal since 1948.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
Up to 10 years in prison.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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The agency launched a nationwide crackdown on brothels on April 6 continuing until the end of May.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It apprehended a total of 1,477 people involved in prostitution during the first seven days, taking 14 of them into custody.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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Among those were 15 building owners allowing pimps to conduct business there, 814 customers and 369 prostitutes.<br />
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More than half, or 820 of those detained were from Seoul and its surrounding areas ? 340 from Gyeonggi Province, 268 from Seoul, and 212 from Incheon, the nation's second largest port city located west of the capital.</span> <span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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The majority of those caught were at brothels disguised as 'massage clubs,' the agency said, but 159 were found to have paid for sex from women they met through online chat rooms.</span> <span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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Under the Anti-Prostitution Law, prostitutes and their customers can face up to one year in prison, or a three million won fine, while brokers face up to seven years in prison or 70 million won in fines. Those purchasing or brokering sex with minors face harsher punishment."</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Rashitha A. Hamid, "Police Nab 2,878 Prostitutes; Many Are Duped Foreigners,"</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Star</span></span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, Mar. 20, 200</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">9</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">9. </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Philippines</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Population: 97,976,603</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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"Bar girls" must register and have health checks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"'Hey, Joe,' they shout at passing men, much the way another generation of prostitutes once shouted to 'GI Joes' at the former Clark Air Force Base across the street from the red-light district. Neon lights, strip joints, 'girlie' bars and 1950s-style hotels jam together as pop music blares from the clubs. For more than 100 years, this area has been a capital of prostitution and hedonism, dating back to a time when the women were called 'camp followers.'...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Nursing and teaching, more traditional women's work in the Philippines, pay a fraction of the sums these women can make. That is, if their pimps allow them to keep their money. A University of the Philippines study in the late 1990s estimated there were about a half-million prostitutes in the country."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Mike Comerford, "A Look at Life in the Red-light District,"</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Daily Herald</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, Apr. 17, 2005</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">10. Singapore</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Population: 4,657,542</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><align="justify"></align="justify">Legal red-light districts, mandatory health checks, and must be 16 years or older.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Legal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"Singapore may raise the minimum age for prostitutes from 16 to 18 to bring its laws in line with international standards, a newspaper report said Tuesday, Oct 4. A government study into the penal code's provisions on sexual offences is expected to be completed by the end of the year, the Straits Times newspaper reported. Local authorities, while declining to provide specific reasons behind the study, said it was part of a 'holistic review' of Singapore's laws on sexual offences and may include criminalizing sex with minors overseas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">'We constantly review our laws to keep abreast of changing times and norms,' the Straits Times quoted a Ministry of Home Affairs spokesman as saying. Under current laws, having sex with girls under 16 is considered statutory rape, punishable by up to five years in jail and a fine of S$10,000 (US$5900)....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Prostitution is legal in Singapore but pimping and public solicitation are not. Licensed brothels operate in designated areas..."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"Singapore May Raise Minimum Prostitution Age to 18," Agence France Presse, Oct. 4, 2005</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">11. Thailand</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Population: 65,905,410</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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Prostitution is not a criminal offense, but soliciting prostitution is illegal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Brothel Ownership:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Pimping:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Illegal</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"From 2008 until Mar 15, police saved 39 foreigners aged between 18 to 25-year-old, who had been forced into prostitution by their agents...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">They were among the 12,070 prostitutes nabbed throughout the country in 2008. Out of that number, 8,949 were foreigners - China (4,496), Indonesia (1,389), Thailand (1049), Philippines (1,090) and Vietnam (512).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">And from January to March 15, police arrested 2,878 prostitutes, out of which 2,144 were foreigners - China (1,030), Indonesia (387), Thailand (237), Vietnam (222) and the Philippines (188).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">In most of the cases, victims were locked in a room after being brought into the country and forced into prostitution...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">There is a new department to handle human trafficking cases known as the Anti-Trafficking In Person (ATIP) which was set up early last year."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Rashitha A. Hamid, "Police Nab 2,878 Prostitutes; Many Are Duped Foreigners,"</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Star</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, Mar. 20, 2009</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<tbody></tbody>fantastic 4http://www.blogger.com/profile/04237407565588139222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317043182815978104.post-3491849657105561822010-03-17T02:27:00.002+08:002010-03-22T19:03:47.834+08:00What is the Effects of Prostitution in Society? (posted by Muhammad Hazim Abdul Ghani)<div style="text-align: justify;"> Social effects of prostitution in society can be divided effects of individual, family, community and country. Social effects as a result of prostitution are usually more to the negative things. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Social effects that usually happens to individuals is that individuals will continue to be involved with symptoms of brothels. Future individuals will be destroyed by evil issues. Among them are regarded by society despised around. Usually prostitutes will be isolated when not whore himself due to age, health and others. In the family, the prostitutes will be sorted from the lives of family members with normal. This is because family members can not receive part of the family of prostitutes and it can be embarrassing if erudition by family contacts and the general public. This contempt because prostitutes regarded by the community east of specific communities that have a strong religion. This has been proven when a child in a family in Kuala Lumpur recently been removed because at the time the young mother, her mother has been in the brothels. This is shown family members wanted the family name clean from prostitution. In society, the prostitutes are considered as a polluting pariah image of a place. For example, around Jalan Haji Taib is known for prostitution since the first again. In addition, the number of cases to remove children is increasing. Some people do not give the family past by the road and they approach the area although other aims. Name the country will also be contaminated and will be the focus of the public. National social problems will continue to increase with many activities because prostitution happens this will lead to symptoms such as rape, murder and so forth. This can worsen the situation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> In the economic system, the effects of prostitution can bring good and bad. for example, in Malaysia adverse effects arising from prostitution area is known for prostitution will not be visited by the family customers. This is because parents do not want their children near the area of prostitution. In addition, the area will be filled with prostitute- prostitute and the customer waiting area into the cause of black people who have a strong religion. Malaysia in the area if possible will always be a concern for the authorities and led to fewer young customers do business there. government also had to spend some money to treat the diseases caused by HIV prostitution directly or indirectly. This case, causing the government provision of education, welfare and others reduced.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> If countries in Asia other, prostitution is a major source of income. For example, Thailand has made the activity of prostitution as a pull tourists from within and outside the country. This will lead to the establishment of Thailand is famous for its house of prostitution are controlled by the government. People overseas who wish to obtain services to prostitutes to visit Thailand. It also introduces various side effects with other tourism products.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Beside that also, prostitution affects the lifestyle of poor communities. For example, prostitution can cause disease outbreaks or epidemics of HIV among comumitty. Spread of the disease can spread if individuals who do not follow how to avoid sexual diseases such HIV. A person who has been infected with HIV have to produce more spending to treat this disease. Fitness level of people who are infected this will result in decreased productivity and produced no worthwhile and less quality. For example, individuals who are infected with HIV do not work with the spirit and focus on something jobs will be lost.</div>fantastic 4http://www.blogger.com/profile/04237407565588139222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317043182815978104.post-25080217649671866282010-01-18T21:49:00.037+08:002010-03-30T20:19:32.326+08:00The factors Why Prostitution is happened (posted by Nor Farahana Syakila Abdullah)A “Whore”, “ Whores” , “Prostitute”, “Sex Workers” and “ The Oldest Profession” is a title accorded to prostitute or sex workers. Prostitution is a sexual service sale. Such as oral sex or through sexual intercourse. One who prostitute mentioned prostitute. Most prostitute were female, were still male prostitute who called as a “ Gigolo”. There is several factors happened prostitution activity, about are because political, drugs, government, early sexual history, intercourse between men and woman, role of media like television, internet and magazine. Beside that, prostitution is happened because by other reasons namely, poverty, unemployment, fail in marriage and so on. <br />
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Government played important role in inside factors the prostitution is happened. As an example, Thailand had introduced sex tourism as a travelling for sexual intercourse with prostitutes or to engages in other sexual activity. The sex tourism is a legal in the Thailand, it is because an activity give large contribution in national economy. The World Tourism a specialized agency of the United Nation defines the sex tourism as a trips organized from within the tourism sector, or from outside this sector but using it’s structures and networks, with the primary purpose of effecting a commercial sexual relationship by the tourist with residents at the destination.<br />
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Drug was any also chemical substance, whether natural or imitation, when inserted into person by injected, sniffed, being sucked or eaten can change someone's body body function or organism physically or mental. Drugs frequently used is Heroin, Morfin, Candu, ganja (hashish or marijuanan or cannabis), amphetamin, barbitured, pill mx, cocaine and others are primarily through prostitution. Some receive money for the sex, which is then used to pay for drugs. Others, sometimes called strawberries, receive the drug directly in trade for sex. These drug-addicted prostitutes most commonly take part in street prostitution, as they typically lack the resources to work independently from a private residence or be escort prostitutes, and many brothels do not want to employ visible drug users. However, drugs and prostitution are increasingly becoming connected in urban areas in the developing world, for example in urban areas in Karachi and Thailand.<br />
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Furthermore, early sexual history is a factors the prostitution happened. Sex from parents and from personal experience such as rape and incest. Rape case which occurred cause victim becoming lost spirit and despair to are surviving on. As such, most of they will be looked upon poorly by society, then victim take short cut becoming prostitute in order to release stress undergone. Same with father treatment, mother or sibling namely incest also contribute to occurence of prostitution activity in Malaysia and Asia. That incident cause lost victim belief to family member, past involve self in prostitution. The analysis of these data on early sexual history concentrates on a abusive sexual experiences such as incest and rape.<br />
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Apart from that factor which resulted occurence of prostitution activity was,mass media. Flooded pornographic films, love scene in internet television and facility and magazine such as playboy magazine had given great contribution in prostitution case increase in Malaysia and Asia. Unfortunately, this case difficult to be blocked by body concerned because be element of bribe and so on. furthermore, parents also always missed looking with their children's activity. <br />
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Friends' influence is their cause involved inside prostitution arena at first to seek out easy money. The Sex Workers or prostitute ensure high payment especially for young girl that does not aducated. Even though stigma and danger in that job. Other factors bring about prostitution also is poverty factor which resulted mother or single father looking for an easy way to change poverty status experienced by they. Beside that, for single mothers with posses child, it is simplest save time and payment relatively high factory job or other service sector. <br />
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Due to this, that factors had contributed to prostitution activity increase in Malaysia and in Asia. This was necessary problem overcame because that social phenomenon would result occurence of variety to government problem or one myself individual, for example infect AIDS and symptom disease abandon child.fantastic 4http://www.blogger.com/profile/04237407565588139222noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317043182815978104.post-69293741591143470782010-01-08T21:33:00.001+08:002010-01-09T22:33:21.513+08:00Introduction-What is Prostitution in general?(posted by Intan Baizura Jailani)<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" name="ArticleContents"><p align="justify"><table style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="972"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="952"><table style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="952"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></p></a></span><p align="justify">Prostitution generally is defined as the practice of providing sexual services for money, but because it requires a buyer and seller it can more appropriately be defines as a practice of exchanging money for sexual service. Heterosexual prostitution (men as buyers and women as sellers) is most common; homosexual prostitution between men exist on a smaller scale. Lesbian prostitution between women exist but there is a little evidence in it the research literature.</p><p align="justify"><br /></p><p align="justify">According to Mellisa Farley, paper presented at the 11th International Congress on Women's Health Issues, University of California college of Nursering, San Francisco. 1-28-2000. All prostitution causes harm to women. Whether it is being sold by one’s family to a brothel, or whether it is being sexually abused in one’s family, running away from home, and then being pimped by one’s boyfriend, or whether one is in college and needs to pay for next semester’s tuition and one works at a strip club behind glass where men never actually touch you – all these forms of prostitution hurt the women . </p><p align="justify"><br /></p><p align="justify">We can conclude that prostitution is an act of violence against women which is intrinsically traumatizing. In a study of 475 people in prostitution (including women, men, and the transgendered) from five countries (South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, USA, and Zambia):</p><p align="justify"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l-Gvqm-ayp4/S0duXov1xkI/AAAAAAAAAAU/p5kZoTZvyjo/s1600-h/piechart.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 446px; height: 379px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l-Gvqm-ayp4/S0duXov1xkI/AAAAAAAAAAU/p5kZoTZvyjo/s400/piechart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424425628545173058" border="0" /></a><br />(Melissa Farley, Isin Baral, Merab Kiremire, Ufuk Sezgin, "Prostitution in Five Countries: Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" (1998) Feminism & Psychology 8 (4): 405-426</p></span>fantastic 4http://www.blogger.com/profile/04237407565588139222noreply@blogger.com10